Project 3P, Part 11: Can You Recondition Hazy Gauges Using Headlight Lens Restorer ... ? (Fiat 128 3P Restoration)
The short answer is n o! However, in fairness to Turtle - whose products I've always found to be very, very good - they never claimed that you could. The product is called Headlight Lens Restorer , not 46 Year Old Fiat 128 Gauge De-Hazer , which might have been a clue. In my defence, contemporary headlight lenses are usually made of polycarbonate - a plastic - and the gauges are mounted behind what's likely to be perspex, which also belongs to the broader plastics family. Couple this with the not unreasonable theory that the degradation often seen on headlight lenses and similar transparent items is due largely to the ravages of ultraviolet light and it doesn't seem too far fetched that the one product - headlight restorer, in this case - might be able to kill the two birds, as it were. Anyway, I've now debunked that bit of wishful thinking. I happily admit that I was wrong. 30 minutes' of slavishly following the directions failed to so much as slightly mitiga